Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-76
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-76
STS-76 was NASA's 76th Space Shuttle mission, and the 16th mission for Atlantis. STS-76 launched on 22 March 1996 at 3:13 am EST (UTC −5) from Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39B. STS-76 lasted over 9 days, traveled about 3,800,000 miles (6,100,000 km) while orbiting Earth an estimated 145 times, and landing at 5:28 am PST (UTC −8) on 31 March 1996 at Edwards Air Force Base runway 22.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Serial OV-104
Launch Crew Count 6
Status Retired
Landing Time 1996-03-31T13:28:00+0000
Crew
Kevin P. Chilton
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1954-11-03
Status Retired
Type Government
Richard A. Searfoss
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1956-06-05
Deceased 2018-09-29
Status Deceased
Type Government
Linda M. Godwin
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1952-07-02
Status Retired
Type Government
Michael R. Clifford
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1952-10-13
Status Retired
Type Government
Ronald M. Sega
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1952-12-04
Status Retired
Type Government
Shannon Lucid
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1943-01-14
Status Retired
Type Government
Space Shuttle
Height 56.10 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 28200 kN
Diameter 8.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 27500 kg
Liftoff Mass 2030 Tonnes
Launch Success 133
Consecutive Success 22
Maiden Flight 1981-04-12
Launch Failures 2
Programs
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
Shuttle–Mir
The Shuttle–Mir program was a collaborative 11-mission space program between Russia and the United States that involved American Space Shuttles visiting the Russian space station Mir, Russian cosmonauts flying on the Shuttle, and an American astronaut flying aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to engage in long-duration expeditions aboard Mir.
